Star Wars Battlefront

 PlayStation 4
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5.1

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  1. dyinginbeauty
    Feb 27, 2017
    6
    I initially gave this a 4 given how little content the base game has... If you get this including season pass on an offer for £20-25 it is, however, actually fairly good.

    I have now been playing around 9 hours after I forced myself to get into it, and am now at level 13. I can safely say SW:BF gets better once you have a few item unlocks, when you know the maps, and when you can    I initially gave this a 4 given how little content the base game has... If you get this including season pass on an offer for £20-25 it is, however, actually fairly good.

    I have now been playing around 9 hours after I forced myself to get into it, and am now at level 13. I can safely say SW:BF gets better once you have a few item unlocks, when you know the maps, and when you can distinguish the good from the bad modes - walker assault for instance is pretty amazing once you know what you have to do. It is still basic shallow pew-pew shooting but it pulls you in, especially the endor map. Hero hunt on the other hand is a load of BS, avoid this... Mediocre/potentially fun modes are cargo (CTF equivalent) and fighter squadron... the latter can be fun to jump into every now and again, but it is frustrating how barren the gameplay is at times.

    Overall this game has grown on me over the past few days, and anyone who is a serious star wars fan should give it a go. It is, however, nothing more than a shallow 3rd person/fps game that could have been so much more... if only DICE had added classes and a single player campaign...

    Buy only when on offer.    … Expand
  2. Jk9785
    Feb 26, 2017
    7
    A good game, but not without its flaws. The game unfortunately lacks any story, but it is a hell of a lot of fun to play, with great heroes and fun weapons. This is easy to pick up and blast away at enemies.
  3. drotor
    Feb 16, 2017
    5
    I've played the game countless times and over 400 hours, it is indeed incredibly beautiful and thematic and I love that, but hell there are 3 things you should know before considering to buy it or its sequel:

    1) very weak cheating control, 1-2 guys often ruin a game of 40; 2) EA servers only, and this is bad, like profit maximization bad. If they decide to stop to support the game    I've played the game countless times and over 400 hours, it is indeed incredibly beautiful and thematic and I love that, but hell there are 3 things you should know before considering to buy it or its sequel:

    1) very weak cheating control, 1-2 guys often ruin a game of 40;

    2) EA servers only, and this is bad, like profit maximization bad. If they decide to stop to support the game one day, I have the feeling this is it - game over. Such games do not deserve to be bought only because of this.

    3) Non existent server customization search. The multiplayer server mechanics forces you to play in the same server always different maps. I wish I was able to search for a server that plays one map only.    … Expand
  4. MercenaryofHate
    Jan 21, 2017
    5
    Battlefront looks and sounds amazing! weapon variation as well as AI models are done well. The two-camera modes first-person and third-person have no issues and switching between them is easy but as Battlefront shows us looks aren't everything. The problem with Battlefront isn't on a technical level it plays and runs fine but other problems contribute to it's downfall. Battlefront simplyBattlefront looks and sounds amazing! weapon variation as well as AI models are done well. The two-camera modes first-person and third-person have no issues and switching between them is easy but as Battlefront shows us looks aren't everything. The problem with Battlefront isn't on a technical level it plays and runs fine but other problems contribute to it's downfall. Battlefront simply doesn't offer the player enough content to work with and all though single-player elements were thrown into the game there isn't enough diversity in missions or customization for matches in fact there is no customization outside of gun and perks; This is a big issue for me I would expect to edit the game maybe my character add some more AI for a huge battle! But sadly, Battlefront doesn't allow me to do that. Next the modes range from multiplayer/single player but Battlefront thinks to small it feels more like a Battlefield re-skin or mod than an actually different game. Battlefront was given the golden opportunity to become the first game of the Star Wars franchise on current gen (PS4, Xbox One) consoles as all the Battlefront games before than was on PC,PS2,Original Xbox and Xbox 360 but it cannot surpass it's predecessors. Lack of large-scale space warfare hurt the game and dealt a powerful blow to fans of the Star Wars franchise. Battlefront's music choice is also very basic I can almost hear the same track playing on any mission I choose to play. It seems like a limited experience as if it was a beta, we should have gotten the cancelled game that looked more entertaining than this. In the end Battlefront was just a commercial game it was designed to trick gamers in with it's shiny graphics and Star Wars logo but gamers got smart and Battlefront's popularity plummeted quickly; Also the amount of DLC present in the game is cringe-worthy. It might be fun to blast storm troopers with your laser rifle that never runs out of ammo but don't expect anything more from Battlefront other than short challenges and combat.… Expand
  5. ZeroBorne
    Jan 12, 2017
    6
    It's uh... it's okay now.
    Call me fanboy, the originals will always be better in my favor and it isn't just nostalgia blinding me, those games hold up quite well (at least on PC).
    This game is still has that.. EA smell to it, you know the smell. Microtransactions may not be here but Overpriced DLC and dickhead design leads this game into a mediocre and frustrating hole, I gave this    It's uh... it's okay now.
    Call me fanboy, the originals will always be better in my favor and it isn't just nostalgia blinding me, those games hold up quite well (at least on PC).

    This game is still has that.. EA smell to it, you know the smell. Microtransactions may not be here but Overpriced DLC and dickhead design leads this game into a mediocre and frustrating hole, I gave this game a chance and all it became was something for my friends and I to crack jokes at the expense of.

    Well, at least it's the prettiest game I've laid my eyes on in a very long time.
    It got a little better from where it was but this game is now just okay, nothing more, nothing less.    … Expand
  6. phoeniix23
    Jan 5, 2017
    4
    Pros: Great graphics, sound, basic fun shooter.

    Cons: Pay2win. All weapons and abilities are locked for a new player. You have to play matches and rank up to earn ingame credits so u can buy ur weapons. Every match u win/play earns u xp to rank up which allows u access to more weapons for purchase. Thing is, all these weapons can be unlocked by spending REAL money. So in-game, u will be    Pros: Great graphics, sound, basic fun shooter.

    Cons: Pay2win. All weapons and abilities are locked for a new player. You have to play matches and rank up to earn ingame credits so u can buy ur weapons. Every match u win/play earns u xp to rank up which allows u access to more weapons for purchase. Thing is, all these weapons can be unlocked by spending REAL money. So in-game, u will be facing overpowered players who are either experienced battlefront players or new players with a lot of cash and bought all the weapons from the get go.

    I love Destiny cos its a level playing field. U gotta earn the best guns via PvE and specific missions out of the PvP modes. Never did i feel i was at a disadvantage unfairly.

    This game though, complete rubbish. DO NOT BUY. I was like u too, reading all these bad reviews, thinking it cant be that bad
    It IS bad. Super greedy company. $110 at launch, and still with microtransactions. Unbelievable.

    I paid $19 for this a year later and still am pissed that i fell for the Star Wars hype. Dammit!    … Expand
  7. Fluffiator
    Jan 3, 2017
    2
    It's certainly a good looking game, but matchmaking is dismal, as is balance. For some reason most weapons and abilities are locked at the beginning, and there doesn't seem to be any ranking system to matchmaking, which makes the incredibly slow and cumbersome match finding even worse. Then on top of being a new player, you're being slaughtered by weapons and abilities you can't getIt's certainly a good looking game, but matchmaking is dismal, as is balance. For some reason most weapons and abilities are locked at the beginning, and there doesn't seem to be any ranking system to matchmaking, which makes the incredibly slow and cumbersome match finding even worse. Then on top of being a new player, you're being slaughtered by weapons and abilities you can't get without a long hard slog of being slaughtered endlessly.

    Now playing against the AI is certainly more... fair, but the difficulty settings jump wildly, and game modes are severely limited. Quite what the developers were thinking I don't know.

    TLDR : Pretty, but not fun.    … Expand
  8. echobase2002
    Dec 31, 2016
    2
    Substandard is a generous rating, excluding graphics and sound. They got the look and sound of Star Wars down, however that's the only good part of the game. The gameplay is boring and I lose interest in less than 15 minutes. It feels like the developers also got bored and phoned it in. Maps are uninspired, the weapons really only differ in appearance, and there's really nothing thatSubstandard is a generous rating, excluding graphics and sound. They got the look and sound of Star Wars down, however that's the only good part of the game. The gameplay is boring and I lose interest in less than 15 minutes. It feels like the developers also got bored and phoned it in. Maps are uninspired, the weapons really only differ in appearance, and there's really nothing that makes you want to play the game. I didn't even touch on the flight controls. The ships are stiff and do not fly right. This game basically controls ships like cars. Push left to move left, right to move right. A proper flight simulator would allow you to roll the craft and pull up to turn sharply. The flying missions were what attracted me to this game, and I was thoroughly dissapointed. I'm glad I got it on sale on PSN, because $10 even seems steep for this game. It's EA, so I guess I should've expected a really shiny and polished turd.… Expand
  9. Cieloman
    Dec 18, 2016
    4
    The only thing good about this game are the graphics... and that's all... all features in battlefront II are not in this game, it doesn't worth that price. It should have all movies included (including the prequels and the new ones) with instant action mode, galaxy conquest and others... I'm very disapointed.

    A única coisa boa sobre este jogo são os gráficos ... e isso é tudo ... tudo    The only thing good about this game are the graphics... and that's all... all features in battlefront II are not in this game, it doesn't worth that price. It should have all movies included (including the prequels and the new ones) with instant action mode, galaxy conquest and others... I'm very disapointed.

    A única coisa boa sobre este jogo são os gráficos ... e isso é tudo ... tudo que tem no battlefront II não tem neste jogo, não vale esse preço. Deveria ter todos os filmes inclusos (incluindo os as guerras clonicas e os novos filmes) com o modo deinstant action, galaxy conquest entre outros ... Estou muito decepcionado    … Expand
  10. Jeanjj14
    Dec 12, 2016
    8
    Feels like that people that complain about the game actually never played the battlefront series before, I mean its a great game, a really battlefront tittle, with a few changes, the only thing that I think is a con for the game is the season pass that add maps that should be on the original game.
  11. metacritic_91
    Dec 12, 2016
    0
    Lack of content, this game was built just for online mode!!, we have nor enought gun's, and they sell part of the original content of the game on a season pass!, unbelievable i wasted my money on a game I've waited for so many years, never by a game done by EA anymore
  12. Kingofdanerds
    Dec 12, 2016
    5
    I am impressed by this game as well disappointed. There is now story line to the game. Some of the vehicle controls are just plain difficult. But I am impressed that you can drive ships and everything else. Multiplayer combat is so enjoyable. 5/10
  13. Jaga-9403
    Dec 11, 2016
    5
    Graficamente BRUTAL, asi es como me esperaba a nivel grafico y tecnico un star wars como un fan de la franquisia.
    ,as sin embargo es el MAS POBRE EN CONTENIDO, sin un modo historia, lamentable.
    Star wars a nivel de libros, contenido, es uno de los que mas puede presumir una infinidad de contenido que tiene, ya sea por sus libros, series, creo que orientado a multiplayer es muy bien, como    Graficamente BRUTAL, asi es como me esperaba a nivel grafico y tecnico un star wars como un fan de la franquisia.
    ,as sin embargo es el MAS POBRE EN CONTENIDO, sin un modo historia, lamentable.
    Star wars a nivel de libros, contenido, es uno de los que mas puede presumir una infinidad de contenido que tiene, ya sea por sus libros, series, creo que orientado a multiplayer es muy bien, como añadido, pero no puedes sacar un juego de STAR WARS orientado unicamente a esto y a $60 eso es TIMAR A LOS FANS, jugar con sus sentimeintos.
    He jugado a mas de 200 horas, actualemtne con las 4 expasiones liberadas que tambien lo compre por $50 , soy nivel 70, lo he aprovechado por que me duele haber gastado y dejarlo sin mas, xxD
    Pero muy repetivo, las expansiones poco contenido, muy mal EA-DICE    … Expand
  14. ljt2000
    Dec 1, 2016
    5
    This game has the foundation to be the Battlefront game we expected, but falls flat when it comes to the actual amount of gameplay you can sink into it. The game just doesn't have enough content to have been sold at full price-you'd expect the same amount of content for a beta not a finished game.
  15. maes1890
    Dec 1, 2016
    6
    Summary: It's great if you want a simple distraction, but a major disappointment if you're looking for any kind of comprehensive game.

    Full Review: Battlefront for the PS4 has been equipped with all of the frills of FPS gameplay - powerful visuals, great graphics, plenty of weapon variety, and engaging combat mechanics. And yet, they stripped of most of the things that made the    Summary: It's great if you want a simple distraction, but a major disappointment if you're looking for any kind of comprehensive game.

    Full Review: Battlefront for the PS4 has been equipped with all of the frills of FPS gameplay - powerful visuals, great graphics, plenty of weapon variety, and engaging combat mechanics. And yet, they stripped of most of the things that made the franchise charming, unique and lovable. No more "Galactic War" gameplay modes, no campaigns, and no more leading your troops with AI commands.

    What's left is a game with bare bones Single Player and Split-screen modes, and an Online Multiplayer that has almost nothing to distinguish it from every other major FPS on the market. The fact that this game is more-or-less entirely Online Multiplayer focused could be acceptable if they gave the online games depth, i.e. lots of maps, complex objectives, game-mode customization.

    However, the game has only a handful of maps, simple objectives, and basic modes. Following in EA's traditional customer-gouging custom, several of extra maps, which should have been included to make this barren game feel more complete, only come at a high extra cost.

    I must admit, I did find the Online Multiplayer to be a somewhat addicting experience. There certainly were positives in the combat mechanics, visuals, and trying out different vehicles and weaponry. However, I cannot get over the fact that this game feels so empty and incomplete.    … Expand
  16. Kyle_Katarn92
    Nov 15, 2016
    8
    The levels are very well designed, the atmosphere on all the maps is excellent. That helps the emersion, but all the focus went towards the multiplayer experience. The "instant action" mode, which was present in the previous instalments is gone. They have patched in "Walker assault" and "Fighter Squadron" as single-player battles, that will hold you over for a while, but it getsThe levels are very well designed, the atmosphere on all the maps is excellent. That helps the emersion, but all the focus went towards the multiplayer experience. The "instant action" mode, which was present in the previous instalments is gone. They have patched in "Walker assault" and "Fighter Squadron" as single-player battles, that will hold you over for a while, but it gets repetitive, given that there are so many other modes you could be playing. The controls are good and the multiplayer is well balanced, but the number of maps in the game is unsatisfactory. They keep making DLC add ons for the game, which you can access if you have a "season pass", that being said I'm not surprised, that a lot of players feel cheated right now, myself included. Despite this, the game is still a lot of fun.… Expand
  17. MetaRogue
    Nov 11, 2016
    7
    What's really disappointing about DICE's Star Wars Battlefront reboot is that after that magical feeling of nostalgia eventually dissipates, you're left with a game that has very little substance. What hammers that point even further is that more than half the game's content is locked behind an 'Online Only' wall. Offline players won't have long to exhaust what's available to them.

    The    What's really disappointing about DICE's Star Wars Battlefront reboot is that after that magical feeling of nostalgia eventually dissipates, you're left with a game that has very little substance. What hammers that point even further is that more than half the game's content is locked behind an 'Online Only' wall. Offline players won't have long to exhaust what's available to them.

    The graphics are top notch, but once you've tried every 'different' blaster, rifle or whatever, they all feel the same pretty much. The maps, once again, look great, but their orientation is limiting. Battles eventuate to being whoever shoots first (I'm looking at you Han Solo) or whoever gets finished off because their health meter was 90% depleted.

    Playing as heroes is no better: Once the magic of playing as Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, The Emperor, Boba Fett, Han Solo or Princess Leia wears off, you're instantly bored. This is also a downside when you compare this line-up of characters in comparison to the roster of heroes and villains available in Pandemic's Star Wars Battlefront 2.

    Not only that, but heroes in DICE's reboot have finite health, requiring players to scurry about and look-up for a health replenishment item. This means hero battles boil down to a frustrating race to keep your health topped up or prevent the other player from reaching said health item.

    For offline players, the Tutorials only hold that opportunity to pilot an X-Wing, a speeder and an AT-ST. Survival is probably the only replay worthy material, but this itself is a frustrating limited experience.

    Overall, Battlefront is a limited title that will quickly expire in terms of public interest. The only thing for DICE to do is to radically improve the inevitable sequel. For a real Star Wars Battlefront experience, play the 10 year old sequel released by Pandemic.    … Expand
  18. Creovex
    Nov 8, 2016
    5
    Multiplayer - Overall it is not bad. They have continued to improve some of the earlier abused elements (Homing Shot) however the lack of more maps for bigger games is a turn off.

    Campaign - The fact that one doesn't exist automatically gives this game a 5. You have the best source material in the world and you couldn't come up with a story about a regular old Rebel Solder... very lackluster.
  19. Maidana13
    Oct 31, 2016
    0
    Shambles of a game. If this didn't have the Star Wars in the title the servers would have been shut down already. It feels like playing a beta even with the season pass, which is a con for two reasons - it's overpriced for the paltry amount of content within and secondly the only players that use the DLC are the losers that sit on the game all day every day.
  20. mournfulness
    Oct 27, 2016
    0
    10 guns, 5 maps, slowest gameplay ever. Pro gaming is dead. Only graphic. This game suck. Don't buy it save your money and buy a real fps. or choose to play it witch cheats.
  21. Wytchking
    Oct 25, 2016
    0
    EA has re-invented screwing frist person shooters. If you want a good stars wars game get Star Wars battle front 2 for ps2 10x better than this crap!
    1. They do not allow anyone under the age of 12 to play online! Who do they think they are
    2. The game's scamatics are BROKEN! 3. It is just bad, I pet stuck on all my games, excepted this one. I played it for an hour, then got extremely    EA has re-invented screwing frist person shooters. If you want a good stars wars game get Star Wars battle front 2 for ps2 10x better than this crap!
    1. They do not allow anyone under the age of 12 to play online! Who do they think they are
    2. The game's scamatics are BROKEN!
    3. It is just bad, I pet stuck on all my games, excepted this one. I played it for an hour, then got extremely bored; and only get on when the person who is younger than 12 wants to play. (who we got the game for!    … Expand
  22. HBK101
    Oct 24, 2016
    8
    graphics aren't everything but this game reminds me of the call of duty games its pretty much call of duty but star wars. the pace of this game is good and the gameplay is fantastic and the sound effects are spot on
  23. ablaise82
    Oct 14, 2016
    1
    holy lack of content. A single player campaign, a couple more heroes, and maybe having some of that dlc content for free, would have made this game decent. But it's not. Offline this game is useless, and online depends almost entirely on your layout and time spent ranking up. A **** map selection and awful flight controls don't help either.
  24. CaillouPettis
    Oct 13, 2016
    6
    Star Wars Battlefront has absolutely stunning graphics and makes you feel as if you actually are in the Star Wars Universe, but its content is limited and can lose the "fun feel" really fast.
  25. hawkeye766
    Oct 5, 2016
    6
    Battlefront is a well designed game, with basic shooter mechanics, but excellent world design. Every map is magnificent to look at, yes, there are only four different environments in the core game, but they are still amazing. Battlefront feels exactly as a star wars game should. It features William's original score, authentic weapons and epic heroes.
    This is however, not a product for    Battlefront is a well designed game, with basic shooter mechanics, but excellent world design. Every map is magnificent to look at, yes, there are only four different environments in the core game, but they are still amazing. Battlefront feels exactly as a star wars game should. It features William's original score, authentic weapons and epic heroes.
    This is however, not a product for serious gamers. Basic vehicle controls require little or no skill, power ups and vehicle spawns are totally random, and the game involves no tactics at all. As mentioned before, it is a fun game to play, but after playing battlefield 4, which was released nearly three years prior, and seeing how it still succeeds, one cannot help but feel that battlefront fails to reach its full potential.    … Expand
  26. easucksdik
    Oct 2, 2016
    0
    ea manages the servers and customer help so bad, they make comcast seem like the golden standard against which all customer service experiences should be like. what's more, i haven't seen a single ea employee respond to an issue on a forum or in cs chat since the game came out. the most that has happened were false promises and blatant disregard for customer satisfaction. 0/10
  27. eldumloido
    Sep 25, 2016
    0
    This is bad game, It's based on selling dlc guns and has only couple of maps (that suck). Bad game no one should buy ever in no circumstances. Bad bad
  28. MaestroMaximo
    Sep 24, 2016
    0
    Como juego de disparos falla en balance, matchmaking y caos. Resulta muy frustrante reaparecer y ser liquidado en segundos por un enemigo que casualmente estaba allí, casualidad que puede sucederte unas 20 veces por batalla y te dan ganas de estrellar el dualshock3 contra la pantalla de televisión. Los power-ups no tienen en la mayoría de los casos sentido alguno y están mal pensados.Como juego de disparos falla en balance, matchmaking y caos. Resulta muy frustrante reaparecer y ser liquidado en segundos por un enemigo que casualmente estaba allí, casualidad que puede sucederte unas 20 veces por batalla y te dan ganas de estrellar el dualshock3 contra la pantalla de televisión. Los power-ups no tienen en la mayoría de los casos sentido alguno y están mal pensados.

    Como Battlefront...que decir..he jugado a todos los battlefront anteriores, pobre intento de continuar su estela. Era tan fácil continuar donde sus antecesores lo dejaron...¿¿¿SIN CONQUISTA GALÁCTICA??? ¿¿EN SERIO??

    Como juego de Star Wars penoso, personajes como héroes que te preguntas de donde han salido, los héroes en la mayoría de ocasiones mas que una bendición jugar con ellos es un castigo, un juego de Star Wars donde las batallas espaciales son igual o mas caóticas que las terrestres, teniendo los Rouge Squadron para inspirarse...

    Juego para olvidar    … Expand
  29. gaizkagamerYT
    Sep 2, 2016
    0
    puta mierdaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  30. mosessaur
    Aug 31, 2016
    5
    Ok game. multiplayer heavy. Boring after sometime.
    Lots of micro-transactions which gives you benefits early. So totally not recommended for that.
    It is still fine. I enjoyed flying the X-Wing with dog fight multiplayer
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 59 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 28 out of 59
  3. Negative: 0 out of 59
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jan 23, 2016
    80
    It's not the most complex shooter, but it's the ideal pick-up-and-play experience for Star Wars fans. Stunning environments, solid shooting and immersive sound design mask the shortcomings. [Jan 2016, p.82]
  2. GameOver.gr
    Jan 20, 2016
    75
    With the new film of the space opera saga finally on the big screen and the release of Battlefront's new sequel, both after a decade overdue, it is definitely the best time to be a Star Wars fan. The game itself is a dream-come-true for fans, and the Star Wars spectacle is strong in this one. However, if it is depth and longevity you seek... this is not the game you are looking for.
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  3. Play UK
    Jan 16, 2016
    60
    Spectacular production values help to make this game enjoyable in the early going, but it soon enough shows that it is painfully lacking in terms of maps and depth in its current form. [Issue#265, p.72]
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